TOKEN

Wednesday Webinar: What blockchain and decentralized technologies can do for Public Services?
2022-07-06 11:00 UTC | Online Event
Token components and services can help to make transactions more transparent. Discover how it works and its application in different domains
This FIWARE wednesday Webinar webinar will be about TOKEN Platform, a developer-friendly set of plug-and-play services and open-source components for building decentralized apps and services. So you can focus on building, not on infrastructure.

Ready to integrate services
Compatible with Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric Blockchains
The platform provides a wide range of lightweight and highly scalable RESTful services and components across four major blocks – Notarization Services, Decentralised Storage, Decentralised Identities, and Messaging and Events Streaming

The webinar will also present some of the results of the collaboration between the FIWARE Foundation and Alastria association towards the seamless connection of Powered By FIWARE Architectures and Public-Permissioned blockchain networks like those promoted by Alastria or EBSI (European Blockchain Services Infrastructure). In particular, the webinar will introduce CanisMajor, a blockchain adapter that enables transparent notarisation of NGSI-LD operations, leveraging the powerful properties of the blockchain to build trusted FIWARE applications in all types of Smart Environments and future Data Spaces.

Token components and services can help to make transactions more transparent. Discover how it works and its application in different domains

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4th TOKEN Policy Observatory
2022-09-14 11:30 - 13:30 UTC
Use Cases of DLT in the Public Sector:
Operational Learnings, Policy Recommendations and Scaling Potential
Registration for the summit in person, general ticket includes the Observatory (fees apply)
Registration to view the online stream (free)
Welcome to the TOKEN project’s fourth Policy Observatory event! The Observatory brings together professionals working with applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) in the public sector to discuss operative learnings, the policy landscape and scaling potential related to current Use Cases.
In addition to presenting four TOKEN Pioneer Use Cases and their lessons so far, we will learn about scaling from an expert from a scaled Case, the Energy Wallet. We will also share thoughts in a panel discussion moderated by the think tank Demos Helsinki.
At the event, we hope to crystallize the learnings from Use Cases, making it easier to improve and scale similar DLT projects especially in the European context. After the Observatory we will recommend best practices for cities, and the European public sector more widely.
Below you will find the programme and the essential information about the event. We hope to see you in September!
What purposes does the event serve?

A means to get acquainted with latest Distributed Ledger Technology applications in the European public sector
A forum to discuss the needs for policy and regulations, operative possibilities and challenges, and learn about scaling
A way to connect with people working with public sector DLTs

For whom is it?

Professionals working with public sector DLT applications – or aspiring to do so, e.g.:
Chief Technology Officers of cities
Civil servants working with DLTs and tech projects, smart cities etc.
Policy makers interested in the digital transformation of their institutions
Innovations and tech specialists within public administration
Researchers
Developers/industry professionals

How can I register?

If you want to follow the YouTube stream free of charge, please register here. We’ll send you a link to the stream.

If you want to attend the live event, please purchase tickets to the FIWARE Global summit in Gran Canaria here. Please note, that you’ll have to buy a ticket to the whole summit – there are no specific Observatory tickets available.

PROGRAM OF THE EVENT:
Live at FIWARE Summit 2022, Gran Canaria and streamed. Times in GMT+1.
11:30 Welcoming words – Stefano De Panfilis (FIWARE Foundation COO and TOKEN Consortium Leader)
11:35 Introduction the Policy Observatory – Pinja Lehtonen (Demos Helsinki)
11:40 TOKEN Pioneer Use Cases presented
11:40 Public Funding Distribution – Lynda O’Mahony (Fundingbox)
11:50 Transparent Management of Public Accounts – Konstantinos Glykos (Information Technologies Institute)
12:00 Last Mile Logistics & Dynamic City Access Management – Joris Finck (Imec)
12:10 Data Valorization Services – Laura Rodríguez de Lope (University of Cantabria)
12:20 Learning from a scaled DLT Use Case in the public sector
Jeroen Wester, Energy Wallet
12:45 Panel discussion: Operational, scaling and policy learnings from Use Cases moderated by Johannes Anttila, Demos Helsinki
13:30 Concluding the event

Smart City Expo World Congress 2022
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-17 | Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, aL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelon, 08908
TOKEN is joining FIWARE at Smart City Expo World Congress. Together with the cities of Leuven (Belgium), Santander (Spain) and Katerini (Greece), we will learn how technology can contribute to accelerating the transformation of public services towards an open government model based on the principles of collaboration, transparency, and participation. Now more than ever, governments have the chance to overcome traditional barriers to innovation and answer to the growing demand for more transparent public services, keeping privacy and building trust through citizen engagement.

Meet us at #SCEWC22, the world’s leading event for cities that gathers leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organizations to move cities towards a better future!
Do not miss the TOKEN sessions at #SCEWC22:
👉 15.11 at 13:00 – Transparent Management of Public Accounts (Konstantinos Glykos)
👉 16.11 at 12:15 – Last Mile Logistics & Dynamic City Access Management (Domien Stubbe & Ann Matheve)
👉 17.11 at 12:15 – IoT Data Valorization Services Integration of Santander Data Marketplace with DLTs (Laura Rodríguez de Lope)
Join us in Gran Via, Hall 2, Street E, Stand 21!

TOKEN: Impacto de blockchain en los servicios públicos
2022-11-18 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Blockchain and other DLTs form the cornerstone of future innovation, enabling secure processes that will transform public services by solving issues related to trust, transparency, and privacy.
TOKEN’s ecosystem will facilitate the adoption of these technologies by providing public administrations with “out-of-the-box” components and demonstrating their added value through their application in replicable use cases. In this webinar, different entities and public administrations will show how the application of DLT enables public services to improve efficiency, boost public participation, increase transparency, and foster automation through smart contracts.

Introducing Blockchain in Public Sector: Lessons Learned
2022-11-23 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
On November 23, 2022, Infrachain, a consortium member of the European TOKEN project, is organising the TOKEN webinar “Introducing Blockchain in Public Sector: Lessons Learned” from 11am – 12pm CET.
Co-financed by the European Union, the project aims at easing the adoption of Decentralized Ledger Technologies as drivers for more open, transparent, trusted and efficient public services.
This event aims to present some lessons learnt through the TOKEN project when introducing Blockchain in the public sector.
In the first part, participants will learn from Konstantinos Glykos, Research Associate at CERTH/ITI (Greece) how the Municipality of Katerini created a blockchain-based e-voting system for the participation of citizens in public spending.
The second part of the event will discuss the “Lessons Learned from Implementation for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in Public Sector” with Dr. Uwe Roth from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).
Lastly, Patrick Weber, Attaché at the Ministry for Digitalisation will take part in Blockchain in the Luxembourg Public Sector: A Discussion with the Ministry for Digitalisation.
Participants will have the opportunity to have their questions answered during the Q&A closing the event.
Participants can register below to find out how the TOKEN project is impacting the European public sector.

The Future use of SSI and verifiable Credentials: outcomes and learnings of the TOKEN project
2022-11-30 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Paris) | Online Event
The Token Project presents a session, organised by FundingBox, in which you will discover the benefits of using Decentralised Ledger Technology (DLT) in the process of distributing public funds.
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The FundingBox team, under the Token framework, has created a unique Pioneer Use Case as the perfect seedbed for a more secure and efficient process. Moreover, thanks to SSI technology, it will determine the future of the use of verifiable credentials.
Join the Token European networks of policymakers, public sector innovators, practitioners and thinkers around DLT and the intersection of technology and societal transformation. Take the opportunity to build growing networks and explore early adoption possibilities of the Token technology.
Agenda:

Introduction to the Token project, by Token consortium representatives
Improving the Public Funding Distribution Process in Competitive Open calls using DLT, by Lynda O’Mahony, Project Manager at FundingBox
Decentralized KYC for cross-border investment, by Xabier Chao, CEO FundingBox
Self Sovereign Identity and EBSI, by Daniël Du Seuil, Convenor European Self Sovereign Identity Framework (EBSI) at European Blockchain Partnership
Walt.id: Holistic open source solutions for a wallet-centric world, by Dominik Beron, founder of wallet-centric solutions at walt.id
Qualichain Project: Decentralised Qualifications’ Verification and Management for Learner Empowerment, Education Reengineering and Public Sector Transformation, by Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis, Associate Professor in the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University
The future use of SSI and verifiable credentials – Round table and Q&A (all speakers)
Wrap-up and closing remarks, by Lynda O’Mahony

Public Services and Blockchain: why, why not, what and how?
2023-03-14 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Historical Leuven Town hall, 9 Grote Markt, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
What do distributed ledger technologies like blockchain mean for public services? Do they in reality fulfil the promises of transparency, efficiency and increased trust? What do you need to take into account in distributed ledger technology projects in public services?
For the past three years, the TOKEN project has worked with four real life use cases in smart cities to build, test, and pilot how distributed ledger technologies can be used in various public services. Join us and city officials, smart city service developers and public servants to learn more about what these actual projects and research into their implementation has to say about the benefits, the question marks and the concrete how to’s and lessons learned of DLT in the public sector. During the event, you will hear from concrete use cases what benefits they have seen and what challenges they have faced as well as gain insight into the evolving policy landscape around DLT and what tools policymakers on the city level can use to assess the possible uses and grasp onto the possibilities of distributed ledger technology in the public sector.

Read detailed agenda and register here
